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SHOW ROOMING Show rooming refers to window shopping at certain stores looking at prices and then going home and searching for the same price online to find it for cheaper.

HOW I LEARN BEST I learn best by visually looking at something and then doing it. I am a hands on learner. I enjoy activities and group work to learn from others.

MOOC. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES Free courses you can take online for specific university’s. An example of this can be for Yale University. However, you would not receive a Yale credit. Good way to learn more and see what a Yale class might be like!

ONLY YOU COULD PREVENT DIGITAL WILD FIRES Many digital wildfires start as rumours. Social psychologists have been studying how rumours spread. The results of this research can help in the prevention of and response to digital wildfires.

INNOVATION is the development of new values through solutions that meet new needs, inarticulate needs, or old customer and market needs in value adding new ways.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce

COPYRIGHT is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE is computer software with its source code made available and licensed with an open source license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose

OPEN SOURCE TEXTBOOKS is a textbook licensed under an open copyright license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public.

ACCESS is a database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools.

HUMAN RIGHTS The basic expression of internet access and online freedom

JQUERY MOBILE jQuery mobile framework takes the "write less, do more" mantra to the next level: Instead of writing unique apps for each mobile device or OS, the jQuery mobile framework allows you to design a single highly-branded web site or application that will work on all popular smartphone, tablet, and desktop platforms.

INTERNET GOVERNANCE Internet governance is the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet.

GOOGLE APPLICATIONS Google App Engine is a platform that enables developers and businesses to build highly scalable web and mobile applications on top of Google's computing infrastructure

GEOLOCATION the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar, mobile phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location

NET NEUTRALITY is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of communication

SPAM is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages, especially advertising, indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media

OFFICE LIVE Microsoft Office 365 is the next generation of productivity services for small businesses.

SECURITY is information security as applied to computers and networks

STANDARDIZATION computers purchased using university, research or grant funds should have standard configurations and be procured through ITS. Any non-standard purchases need to be approved by the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology.

ZILLOW.COM is an online real estate database that was founded in 2005 by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders of Microsoft spin-off Expedia.

PRIVACY involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, providing to third-parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via the Internet. Privacy can entail either Personally Identifying Information (PII) or non-PII information such as a site visitor's behavior on a website

IPHONE 5S Apple's iPhone 5 was released on September 21, It features a taller screen, blisteringly-fast Apple A6 processor, LTE 4G and DC-HSPA networking, a new Lightning connector, and iOS 6.

INSTAGROK.COM InstaGrok is a discovery and learning engine that’s captured my attention for the past week or so. After putting it through it’s paces, I’m happy to endorse it and encourage you to give it a whirl.

EASY GRADE PRO Easy Grade Pro offers a wealth of options and tools allowing you to do things your way in an efficient and time-saving manner.

USHAHIDI We wanted to create a platform that allowed geospatial visualization of where major groups/resources exist on [human] trafficking, as well as overlay information about latest cases, news on trafficking and risk areas. Ushahidi allows us to do just that.